Helen Rumbelow
@helenrumbelow.bsky.social
Feature writer and interviewer at The Times
Britain gets weaker the more knives sold
Inside the inquiry: what I learnt about Southport’s instinctive heroes
The testimonies of those who fought off the attack brought home both their bravery and the weakness of our knife control laws
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October 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Britain gets weaker the more knives sold
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In a sane world this would be the number one political priority www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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August 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In a sane world this would be the number one political priority www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
We are not interested in trad culture any more....
Anna Wintour, the Vogue test and what it takes to enter the elite now
In the 1990s, anyone aspiring to assist the devil in Prada had to ace an exam to prove their cultural capital. But how would that be tested now?
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August 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We are not interested in trad culture any more....
Digging deep into Sally Rooney's politics....via some of her best loved novels
The millennial icon who branded herself as a ‘supporter of terror’
Sally Rooney, the author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends, has backed Palestine Action. What will she do next?
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August 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Digging deep into Sally Rooney's politics....via some of her best loved novels
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
Gen z tracking UV like it's the stock market
Feel the burn: Ulrika Jonsson’s tan has become a hot topic
She’s defiant about sun worship, and so are Gen Z
www.thetimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gen z tracking UV like it's the stock market
This story continues to resonate - find out why on this The Story podcast
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The trials of Constance Marten - the Saturday Story
The Story · Episode
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July 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This story continues to resonate - find out why on this The Story podcast
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The Constance Marten case is conspiracy culture pushed to its violent extreme
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Persecuted by the state? No, Constance Marten was in thrall to conspiracy culture
In court I watched the heiress and her partner, Mark Gordon, claim to be victims. But they prized freedom above their baby’s life
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July 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Constance Marten case is conspiracy culture pushed to its violent extreme
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These doctors disagree in the kindest, deepest way....
Palliative care doctors on assisted dying: he’s for, his boss is against
Every week Fiona Chiplen and Adam Baker are asked, ‘Can you help me die?’ As the bill to make it law goes through the Lords, they talk to Helen Rumbelow
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June 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
These doctors disagree in the kindest, deepest way....
An awfully funny film about Putin - one that this man risked everything to get to the West.
Here's Pasha Talankin on Mr Nobody Against Putin....
Here's Pasha Talankin on Mr Nobody Against Putin....
‘I can say Putin is an idiot — I have that freedom. In Russia that would be dangerous’
From grenade-throwing contests to marching drills, Pasha Talankin filmed how his school was being used as a military recruiting centre. Now the teacher turned film-maker is in hiding
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June 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
An awfully funny film about Putin - one that this man risked everything to get to the West.
Here's Pasha Talankin on Mr Nobody Against Putin....
Here's Pasha Talankin on Mr Nobody Against Putin....
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There's a nice, practical distinction between hope and faith at the end of this, and a rally: you can take action without hope, but you can't have hope if you don't take action
“I can keep going — through the invasion of Georgia and the annexation of Crimea, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Every time you have this moment of, like, I can’t go on, and then you can.”
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Opinion | The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
There's a nice, practical distinction between hope and faith at the end of this, and a rally: you can take action without hope, but you can't have hope if you don't take action
The wedding, Mountainhead and Jeff Bezos.20
Jeff Bezos, his big wedding — and the tech bro satire
Just as the Amazon founder’s Venice wedding to Lauren Sánchez is looming, along comes Mountainhead, a drama skewering Silicon Valley by the creator of Succession. By Helen Rumbelow
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June 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The wedding, Mountainhead and Jeff Bezos.20
Andrew inspired admiration and affection in equal and enormous amount. A very sad day for his colleagues who were so proud of him and all he achieved.
Andrew Norfolk obituary: Times reporter who exposed grooming gangs
Investigative journalist whose forensic reporting revealed the systematic sexual abuse of girls by men of Pakistani heritage, dies aged 60
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May 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Andrew inspired admiration and affection in equal and enormous amount. A very sad day for his colleagues who were so proud of him and all he achieved.
Virgin Island makes me proud to be British....
No American sex therapy, please … we’re British
Helen Rumbelow thought there wasn’t space in the TV schedule for another show on the love lives of young people. So what did she make of Virgin Island?
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May 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Virgin Island makes me proud to be British....
A new high bar of male friendship has been set as **wearing the gold trousers for his wedding** - beautiful piece by @sathnam.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A new high bar of male friendship has been set as **wearing the gold trousers for his wedding** - beautiful piece by @sathnam.bsky.social
Here's to every hollow-eyed husk of a teen this exam season
Teens are bored and stressed for four years — does it matter?
The education system is unfit for adolescents and future employers, two experts tell Helen Rumbelow
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May 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Here's to every hollow-eyed husk of a teen this exam season
With so many famous and powerful men usually the focus I was so proud of The Times Story Podcast for making Virginia Giuffre the centre of this story.
Virginia's life was dark, hopeful, and extraordinary.
Please give it a listen.
With thanks to Manveen Rana & producer Olivia Case
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Virginia's life was dark, hopeful, and extraordinary.
Please give it a listen.
With thanks to Manveen Rana & producer Olivia Case
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Last week Virginia Giuffre died by suicide, aged 41. Today we remember her on The Story podcast ⬇️
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The life and death of Virginia Giuffre
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May 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With so many famous and powerful men usually the focus I was so proud of The Times Story Podcast for making Virginia Giuffre the centre of this story.
Virginia's life was dark, hopeful, and extraordinary.
Please give it a listen.
With thanks to Manveen Rana & producer Olivia Case
@thetimes.com
Virginia's life was dark, hopeful, and extraordinary.
Please give it a listen.
With thanks to Manveen Rana & producer Olivia Case
@thetimes.com
Two people, a prince in a royal lodge, and a woman in rural Australia 9,000 miles away, will now be forever bound together by her death
Virginia Giuffre’s battle to escape the past
She took on Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew. Despite her victories, she couldn’t break free
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April 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Two people, a prince in a royal lodge, and a woman in rural Australia 9,000 miles away, will now be forever bound together by her death
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This is such a good piece and such an interesting phenomenon. He looks healthy & happy in both pics, and it’s his body to wear how he likes. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that the male gaze and female gaze diverge so sharply on which photo is more appealing.
The latest batshit internet scandal is men accusing women of “lying” when stating a preference for Ollie Murs’ before pic.
So I unpacked all that
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So I unpacked all that
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This internet poll is breaking men's brains!
And this is what we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is such a good piece and such an interesting phenomenon. He looks healthy & happy in both pics, and it’s his body to wear how he likes. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that the male gaze and female gaze diverge so sharply on which photo is more appealing.
In a world that pays little attention to the older female - all hail the magnificence of badass Jeannie Rice
She’s the world’s fastest 77-year-old
Jeannie Rice is fitter than most women are in their twenties. Scientists are baffled
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April 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In a world that pays little attention to the older female - all hail the magnificence of badass Jeannie Rice